all the very good friends ive met on hear over the last 3 years..... drunken weekends at the rock n blues lol oh the laff we all had ( at my expense) hehehehe   bettyboop ur mad but i love ya..... and my very good friend mini d love ya both to bits xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                                                                                                                                                                             

Wouldn't have been able to see the look of relief on RC's face one time at Belper when the raffle finally finished..priceless!:-)                                                                                                                                                                             

Hey. .without BM I'd never have been brave enough to buy my own helmet etc!  And I'd never have covered myself in brown sauce !!!!!!                                                                                                                                                                              

Made so many great friends on here that I am thankful for, and met up with an old friend after over 25 years !!!                                                                                                                                                                              

And I'd never have covered myself in brown sauce !!!!!!                                                                                                                                                                                

You have never lived DC                                                                                                                                                                              

With out bm I would not have the great circle of friends I have, travelled to Matlock and camped so many times there.  I would have given up biking convinced I wasn't really a biker with out the support of certain people on this site. Would be on antidepressents this winter with out the support of my best mate Tracey made through this site what more can I say site what more can I say.   I have had the privledge of of meeting some lovely people at various meet ups throughtout my three years on the site and have even organised several successful BM meets myself.       Why not all put it in the testimonial thread what this site has done for you I know I did a long time ago when Matt started it.                                                                                                                                                                                 

CG thats a lovely thing to say about me, im blushing now you have also been a gr8 best buddy to me as well, supporting me through my many bad times.
so bm I have you to fank for that, also like cg I have made many gr8 freinds up and down the country.

................ the unanswered question of why exactly are bike stands on the left lol                                                                                                                                                                               

...because you don't want to be standing in the road, when you put the bike on it's stand.   Didn't this derive from always getting on a horse on the left hand side ??                                                                                                                                                                             

Rob i was given 100 and 1 explainations but nobody ever seemed to agree ............. ah well it keeps my brain active :)                                                                                                                                                                             

nothing to do with the road, because bikes on the continent also have stands on the left.   I still want to know the answer to this question.  I think it's so you can use your brake with one foot whilst using the other to 'park it'                                                                                                                                                                             

That theory dont work on older british bikes Matt because the brake was on the left and the gear change on the right......                                                                                                                                                                             

Still think it's the old, getting on a horse from the same side argument.                                                                                                                                                                             

I'm inclined to go with your theory Rob                                                                                                                                                                              

Pure conjecture but I always thought it was because the kickstart used to be on the right, so the stick out bit for the centrestand had to be on the left otherwise it would foul. You had to dismount to the left to be able to use the centrestand.

Without BM I would never have these 'BM crows feet' etched around my eyes from laughing so much  at the silliness in chat room.....                                                                                                                                                                                

Reopening this topic   Please continue telling everyone what BM has done for you                                                                                                                                                                             

I would never have had the social life that I am having and met the wonderful people that I have.                                                                                                                                                                               

I could say so much more.....but you guys know the rest